Lodève
\lɔ.dɛv\
The verdict
“Lodève” is uncommon French (frequency #52,797 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,797
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Hérault.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lodeve · Lodève · French
Lodève · rank #52,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,797
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lobbyisme
Nearest frequency peer: lobbyisme (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Lodève »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lirais
lirais
47,207 corpus weight
- Lison
Lison
47,206 corpus weight
- lobbyisme
lobbyisme
47,205 corpus weight
- Lodève
Lodève
47,204 corpus weight
- logarithme
logarithme
47,203 corpus weight
- Lohan
Lohan
47,202 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lodève » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lodève |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.dɛv\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lodève » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lodève is uncommon French at frequency #52,797 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lɔ.dɛv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Lodève in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Lodève, spelled L-O-D-È-V-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Hérault.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Hérault.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lodève appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lodève compte quatre usines à déflocher, dans la ville ou les environs, notamment l’usine de M. Fau, qui défloche à elle seule plus de la moitié du produit total.
Quand je voyais tout ce qu’on jetait, j’avais le sentiment d’un immense gâchis, raconte Sophie Costeau, qui s’est lancée, en 2022 à Lodève (Hérault), dans le réemploi de matériaux avec La Grande Conserve.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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